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I love presenters/ interviewers that are rude to people. Simon Amstell taking the p*ss out of ordinary Preston and Donny Tourrete was hilarious.

Here's Alexa Chung interviewing emo fools Panic at the disco. Rude and gorgeous, perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZTSrSd0afM

I do not like rude interviewers.

They are on telly or in the papers or whatever, they have a bit of a role-model hence rudeness is not an option.

By the way, if people were only a bit nicer toward each other, the world would be a nicer place altogether.



IZ.

biggy wrote:Here's Alexa Chung interviewing emo fools Panic at the disco. Rude and gorgeous, perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZTSrSd0afM

Tee hee. That was good ...

biggy wrote:Simon Amstell taking the p*ss out of ordinary Preston and Donny Tourrete was hilarious.

... but that was f**king genius!

(I do understand what you're saying Izzy, but these jumped up little nobodies do need to have their egos pricked every so often...)

Being rude to someone stupid doesn't make you any more clever.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:They are on telly or in the papers or whatever, they have a bit of a role-model hence rudeness is not an option.

Role models?! Pfffffffft. "On telly or in the papers" is precisely why I ignore the lot of them. I'm not interested.

Badlander wrote:Being rude to someone stupid doesn't make you any more clever.

No, but it makes for great entertainment.

smiscandlon wrote:

Badlander wrote:Being rude to someone stupid doesn't make you any more clever.

No, but it makes for great entertainment.

For some, I suppose. At any rate, what has this interviewer done of note, besides being a b1tch?

smiscandlon wrote:

Badlander wrote:Being rude to someone stupid doesn't make you any more clever.

No, but it makes for great entertainment.

Sometimes it does, yes, but I'm still an old-fashioned guy that loves the idea of a perfect world with nice people.

We've had semi-pornographic, ultra-violent, voyeuristic telly up till now, and I see a tendency on a lot of (mostly music)channels to become rude and unpolite to bands and people in general. The fact that they deserve it or not is no excuse IMO. It is another cheap form of attention-seeking and hyping. Do your job and try to do it good. Interviewing needs some form of respect towards the artist.

When being rude becomes the standard for entertainment, I'll pass, thank you

End of rant

IZ.

Crikey, looks like it's me and biggy against the world.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:When being rude becomes the standard for entertainment, I'll pass, thank you

Hasn't it already?

Bee Gees vs Clive Anderson

SINsister wrote:

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:When being rude becomes the standard for entertainment, I'll pass, thank you

Hasn't it already?

Only in America

IZ.

is anyone else thinking James Whale vs That Guitarist?

James Blast wrote:is anyone else thinking James Whale vs That Guitarist?

Aye

smiscandlon wrote:Crikey, looks like it's me and biggy against the world.

Just look outside HL and you'll find many souls to support your case, unfortunately.

Sorry, sometimes I just can't stop being serious. Just like Izzy, I'm dreaming of a perfect world, with no war, no famine, no moronic TV shows...

Badlander wrote:

smiscandlon wrote:Crikey, looks like it's me and biggy against the world.

Just look outside HL and you'll find many souls to support your case, unfortunately.

Sorry, sometimes I just can't stop being serious. Just like Izzy, I'm dreaming of a perfect world, with no war, no famine, no moronic TV shows...

Nothing at all wrong with that sentiment but in this case, although I dont have a clue who the 'band' are, they struck me as a pair of fcukwit, braindead ar5ewipes who seriously did need taking down a peg or two!

smiscandlon wrote:Crikey, looks like it's me and biggy against the world.

That's not going to be fair odds is it.
They should go and get reinforcements.

PIL vs Tom Snyder

Bill Grundy

John Lydon vs Countdown 1984

PIL vs Check it Out 1979

Big Si wrote:Bee Gees vs Clive Anderson

Hehe. Tosser, indeed.

Anyone remember that stupid bint off the tube interviewing Martin Degville?
Or, should I say "trying to interview him"?

IMHO, the folks who queue up to gleefully watch people (anyone, I don't care who it is or what they do) being raked over the coals disrespectfully and with obvious malice aforethought are akin to the folks who cheered the horrendously-violent deaths of slaves and gladiators in ancient Rome. Lowest-common-denominator knuckle-draggers, all of them. And ya know, it takes an especially "big" person to be able to put others down for a living. Jealous much, sir? Talentless w@nker. UGH.

Big Si wrote:Bill Grundy

Damn, you got it before me!

The only thing is, with John Lydon, the tables are almost completely turned and he gives the interviewer hell . With panache, IMO (on most occasions)

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
By the way, if people were only a bit nicer toward each other, the world would be a nicer place altogether.



IZ.

Agreed.

But ... I think the whole being rude to / lightly taking the p*ss out of bands / popsicles on TV was (at least on the original Popworld with Simon and Miquita) as a reaction against the worshipping and fawning over everything these celebrities do which has probably as bad consequences for the world when we're talking about Girls Aloud and Gwen Stefani. (Tho' I do like her hair and shoes - I wish she would kind of shut up.)

I'm not into worshipping or fawning over either side. For me, there's a huge difference between tongue-in-cheek taking of the p1ss and outright boorishness, though. In the Clive vs. Bee Gees "interview," Clive's haranguing is incessant, the barbs never stop, and he never lets the poor guys (who seem like affable chaps, despite their fame) get a word in edgewise. There's an art to intelligent sarcasm and gentle gibing; some degree of self-deprecation is also probably necessary for survival in the spotlight. Regardless, I saw no "balance" here - Clive behaved purely like a jerk.

stick to radio, BBC radio, the last interview with Mr. E was very good